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And yet that is the principle which the Senate is now about to give up,--that principle which Abraham Lincoln said, rather than give up he would be assassinated on the spot.
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Sumner recalls a principle that Abraham Lincoln was willing to die for, emphasizing its importance in the Senate's decisions.
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